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Attention Economy

12.06.2011 by Jon // Leave a Comment

Generating one crappy post a day is a pretty easy thing to do. Generating one decent post a day can also be done, but takes a little more effort; something I might or might not have in between taking care of kids. I understand the importance of consistently generating new content on websites, but there has been a battle inside of me that Seth Godin really explained very well today in a post titled Getting serious about the attention economy

Everyone lives busy lives. From late November through mid January it seems that roughly 12 hours a day are eliminated from my schedule … magically. This has caused me to fight the urge to release something every day, just to have something new.

I know deep down that it would be the ideal, but I am also looking at my capacities to produce & know that there are roughly 10 unfinished articles, and at least 5 episodes of StartingCube ready to be worked on.

I’m taking the path of focusing on quality and minimum releases –  you should too.

Here is something Seth says in that post, slightly altered for Stay At Home Dads & Moms:

If someone stood in front of your [house] and lit $100 bills from your [wallet] on fire, you’d call the cops. But people … waste the attention of their peers and your customers/prospects at the drop of a hat.

Every interaction comes with a cost.

I think about this with my posts on Google +, Facebook, Twitter, and other online communities I am involved with, too.  It’s why I limit the number of links in articles.

The less words we say, the less posts we release, the less media can cause each to have more impact. The other side of it is that you do have to be consistent enough to get noticed in the first place.

Have you fought for the attention of your children? Does this same balancing act apply with the word “No”?

What have you done to balance the fight between a minimum amount of communication and keeping the attention of your audience? Your audience could be customers, friends, family, children, your spouse, or another community.

[ image originally by D Sharon Pruitt ]

Categories // business, featured, parenting Tags // attention, balance, Business, fight, life, mix, partenting, spam

Greatness – Podcast Answer Man presents Proven Strategies For Generating Serious Income

11.23.2011 by Jon // Leave a Comment

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzVsVP7_Wo&hd=1]

Cliff Ravenscraft has done great work at educating individuals how to create great audio based podcasts.

The video above (or you can listen to just the audio below) is Cliff presenting at BlogWorld 2011. He is full of energy, he loves helping others & shares great insights into what has worked for him and what he is looking at in the future.

 

[audio:http://www.stayathomeceo.com/pam235-BlogWorldLA20011e.mp3]
[mp3 –  1:04:50]

 

What is one thing that Cliff said or did that will cause you to do something different?

Categories // business Tags // Business, cliff ravenscraft, gspn.tv, impact, others, pam, passion, ravenscraft, video, [greatness]

Location Independence

11.22.2011 by Jon // Leave a Comment

I’m sitting in a comfy chair in a corner of a library, waiting for my next appointment & typing this article on my smartphone. Over the past few years this has been common, not just for me, but for thousands of other location independent people. I’ve worked in restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, and parks.

When we talk about location independence, we understand that with most ventures there will be some limitation on where you can be at some point in time, but the goal is that you can be productive while you wait, while you go to the bathroom, in the time between appointments.

When I arrived at this library I walked around looking at the chair options & observing what people are doing. Several people have laptops, one person was pitching another on a business. A few were on the public computers & one was asleep. All could be doing productive work to help achieve their goals & all could be wasting their time.

If you have goals there are three fundamental things you need to be location independent.

  1. Plan
  2. Tools
  3. Ability

1. Plan

This could be detailed or mostly abstract. When I arrived here I had an idea of what I would do (write on location independence & take a picture or two) and the time I needed to leave but that was about it. Once I complete this plan talk I’ll need another.

2. Tools

My wonderful smartphone provides me lots of functionality. I can take pix, write an article & post both to any website I manage. The website systems are tools in this case.

3. Ability

There are several parts to ability, like skills, but two I want to point out are time & energy.

When I am exhausted I cannot produce. Exhaustion might be due to a need for sleep, food, rest or exercise. You have to take care of yourself, or the location does not matter.

Time is the one resource that you have in an absolute limit.

If you don’t have any time to work, it does not matter the level of independence of location,nothing will be accomplished.

With location independence as a goal, because when taking care of children the ability to work where you are should increase your productivity, we will look for information & systems that can help you where you are.

Categories // business, featured Tags // ability, Business, freedom, independance, liberty, location, plan, technology, tools

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